JOSE SALCIDO
JOSE SALCIDO
LIEUTENANT, OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
"A PORTRAIT OF SUCCESS"
Jose Salcido was born in San José and graduated from high school from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Mountain View. He holds an AA Degree from San Jose City College in Administration of Justice, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management and a Masters Degree in Public Administration (SJSU).
He is married to his wife, Mary, of 28 years and has two children, Declan and Conor.
Jose has worked for the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office for over 30 years. From the very beginning, Jose has taken pride in his department and his profession, consistently going above and beyond the call of duty in whatever assignment he is given. He was elected valedictorian of his Sheriff's Leadership Development Academy.
Presently, he holds the rank of Lieutenant and, in the past, has managed the Records Division and worked as a Watch Commander overseeing the Patrol Division. Currently he is assigned as the Assistant Division Commander of Jails Administration.
Throughout his 32 years of service, Jose has been the first Latino in many of the positions he has held. He was the first Latino elected to President of the Deputy Sheriff's Association of Santa Clara County; the first Latino President elected to the Bellarmine College Prep Dad's Club its rich 72 year history, and the first elected Latino President of the Central Coast Chapter of PORAC (Peace Officers Research Association of California). Jose also serves as Region 1 Director for PORAC representing over 13,000 peace officers who work in Northern California. Jose has been, for the last 10 years, an extremely influential Latino in the law enforcement community.
As president of the Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Jose was able to turn around the contentious history his union had with the Board of Supervisors after they had wrestled the jails away from the Sheriff.
In 2003, the Board of Supervisors pushed for a County holiday celebrating Cesar Chavez' birthday. The media accused the County of wasting $325,000 on another holiday, while simultaneously looking at cutting millions from its budget. During this same time period, the Sheriff announced the laying off of 80 deputy sheriffs. Jose, desperate to prevent the layoffs and inspired by Cesar Chavez' love for his community, called his union together and encouraged them to take no raise for a year in their upcoming contract. Other county unions followed the deputy sheriffs' lead and ultimately saved the County millions of dollars, which in turn, prevented service cuts to our community.
